Todd & Dominguez Reach Maiden Bronze Quarters At Sportwerk Hamburg Open

Englishman Sam Todd and Spaniard Marta Dominguez will make their debuts in the quarter finals of a Bronze-level event after dispatching Abhay Singh and Katie Malliff, respectively, in round two of the 2026 Sportwerk Hamburg Open.

Todd, who has scooped two Copper-level titles already this season, followed up his five-game epic with Yassin Elshafei 24 hours earlier to overcome world No.22 Singh 3/1 for a place in the last eight in Hamburg.

The Englishman produced some of his best squash to see off the Indian No.1 - who recently landed the JSW Indian Open crown - to win 11-9, 7-11, 11-4, 11-2 and earn himself a quarter-final showdown with the tournament's No.3 seed Fares Dessouky on Friday.

"I'm very happy with that performance," said Todd post-match.

"I know Abhay has been in good form recently as he had some decent results in El Gouna and won the Indian Open. I knew it was going to be a tough match today and I've trained with him at Pontefract, which is my club, a few times so I know his game quite well as we've hit together a few times.

"I'm happy to get through and play some solid squash - I felt like yesterday got a lot of rust out of me and I was able to perform a lot better today."

Spain's Dominguez will also feature in the last eight of a Bronze event for the first time after overcoming No.6 seed Malliff.

Dominguez, who had never beaten the Englishwoman on Tour prior to their round two clash, ended a run of six straight defeats to advance to the quarter-finals by triumphing 11-7, 9-11, 11-5, 11-3.

"I'm so happy," said the reigning Spanish champion.

"At this event last year I played in the second round against Lucy Turmel and was 8-3 up in the fifth game and I lost that match. This year I wanted to have a different match and I'm very happy that I won today as I knew it was going to be tough.

"I'm super excited [to play in the quarter finals of a Bronze event for the first time]. It's going to be tough against Nele [Gilis], she's a very good player and we played here a few years ago in the Europeans. it was a good match and hopefully it will be the same and I can get the win."

Meanwhile, home hopes were dashed following the exits of six-time national champion Raphael Kandra and tournament wildcard Maya Weishar.

Former world No.13 Kandra lost 3/0 to India's Veer Chotrani while Weishar, who stunned world No.65 Hayley Ward in round one, was foiled by the tournament's No.4 seed Melissa Alves in straight games.